Dear Annie: How do I get my mom to stop bringing up the past?

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In today's Dear Annie column, Annie Lane has some advice for a reader who wants to focus on her son and new husband, not talk about her past relationship with her mom.

Dear Annie: I find it pretty difficult to talk to my mom about anything lately. Every time I try to talk to her about anything, it turns into an argument. She wants to bring up my past and what I’ve been through with my son’s biological father.

She always wants to bring up my past trauma and thinks it’s going to affect me differently somehow. All it does is make me angry and yell at her because she wasn’t there to protect me..